Fri.Nov 22, 2019

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How to Make an Action Plan (Example Included)

ProjectManager.com

Whether at home or at work, we all have goals. And to get there, we need action plans to get us started and keep us productive. What Is an Action Plan? What is an action plan? Generally, it’s a proposed strategy or course or action. Specifically, in project management, it’s a document that lists the steps needed to achieve a goal. That is, an action plan clarifies what resources you’ll need to reach that goal, makes a timeline for the tasks to get to that goal and determines wh

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How to Plan for Next Year

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this short video, I talk about several things that are important to make sure 2020 gets off to a great start for you. We talk about: career goals planning for annual reviews setting boundaries for work life balance, and finding out when your projects are due to complete so you can make the best plans for the coming 12 months. None of this is rocket science.

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How Do You Prioritize Your Work as a Savvy PMO?

Planview

How do you prioritize your work? Do you have a process to figure out what to do first or to identify the work that will bring the most value to the business? If your answer is “no,” keep reading; and if you answered “yes,” there is always room to improve. You may be surprised by what you find below. First, let’s acknowledge that it’s not easy to establish an effective prioritization process when your PMO and teams are in high demand.

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The Project Manager (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)

Scrum.org

The Project Manager is typically concerned with day-to-day progress of the Development Team. They rarely (or never) miss a Daily Scrum, they’re involved during the Daily Scrum and it might just be that they’re asking individual team members what they’ve done, what they’re going to do and if there’s anything blocking them. The Project Manager tends to measure the success of the team in the form of increased Velocity.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Review: How to survive the organizational revolution

Henny Portman

Ard-Pieter de Man, Pieter Koene and Martijn Ars wrote the book How to survive the organizational revolution – A guide to agile contemporary operating models, platforms and ecosystems. In this book you get an overview of the new organizational design landscape. Forget the business unit or matrix organization. Self-organized, dynamic and externally oriented structures replace hierarchical, stable and internally oriented structures.

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Do or Die: The 6 Features Your Web Conferencing Tool Must Have

TrustRadius Project Management

We’ve all been there before: we’re craving pappardelle with a rich bolognese sauce, but we’re tired and kind of impatient, so we settle for Stouffer’s frozen lasagna. When it comes to software, you can do much of the same: settle for a tool that only literally does what it says it will, or invest in one that gets the job done, and gets the job done well.

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Leankor Raises $4.1 Million to Fuel its Growth Strategy, Delivering Unparalleled Work Management Capabilities to Salesforce.com Ecosystem

Leankor

High-Impact Solutions for the Manufacturing, Utilities, Energy and Heavy Industrial Sectors. Calgary, Toronto, Austin, November 20, 2019 — Today, Leankor, the visual work management platform that enables enterprises to optimize and accelerate complex order-to-cash processes, announced it raised $4.1 Million (CAD) led by several enterprise SaaS veterans with participation from ICM Capital Management, Hedgewood, Inc. as well as directors and executive management.

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VoIP Dictionary: Terms You Should Know

TrustRadius Project Management

Nothing’s worse than getting all excited about buying a new gadget or another piece of tech, only to be met with a never-ending stream of confusing acronyms when you start researching your options! . In the world of B2B software buying, this is a frustratingly frequent reality. But don’t worry, we’ve done the preliminary research for you and come up with a list of 8 need-to-know VoIP terms. .

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Best Black Friday SaaS Deals You Can’t Miss in 2019!

TimeCamp

If you’re looking for the best Black Friday SaaS deals in 2019, you are in.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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The Collaborator (A Preferred Product Owner Stance)

Scrum.org

What is a Collaborator? We all know them; Tiger Woods, Christiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal, and LeBron James. Some of the best sports players in the world and they are all recognized for their great individual performance as an athlete. They have all won games, matches, rounds, championships, cups, and awards for their contributions and performance and so they must be amazing players in their own fields.

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